From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.
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(US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary
skating on glare ice
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/ɡleə/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.
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(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) An angry or fierce stare.
About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
(US, countable, uncountable) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
a glare of ice
(countable, uncountable) A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.
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(intransitive) To stare angrily.
He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes[.] 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 110:
eye that scorcheth all it glares upon 1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XXXIX:
(intransitive) To shine brightly.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
The sun glared down on the desert sand.
(intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount
She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
(transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
hi तरेरना (to stare angrily) · mi whākanakana (to stare angrily) · da skinne (to shine brightly) · da stirre (to stare angrily) · izh häjätä (to shine brightly) · fi loistaa (to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid) · ru сиять (to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid) · nb glo (to stare angrily) · cs zářit (to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid) · fi leiskua (to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light) · fi säteillä (to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid) · da glo (to stare angrily) · eo kolerrigard (to stare angrily) · da blænde (to shine brightly) · es mirar fulminantemente (to stare angrily) · pt fulminar com os olhos (to stare angrily) · ru слепить (to shine brightly) · cs zlostně hledět (to stare angrily) · fi tuijottaa vihaisesti (to stare angrily) · fi loistaa (to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light) · nb skule (to stare angrily) · de missbilligend anstarren (to stare angrily) · pt reluzir (to shine brightly) · fi loistaa (to shine brightly) · ko 노려보다 (to stare angrily) · pt brilhar (to shine brightly) · nb stirre (to stare angrily) · ru блистать (to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid) · ru хищно глядеть (to stare angrily) · ru испускать (to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light) · fi mulkaista (to stare angrily) · cs zářit (to shine brightly) · ru сверкать (to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light) · mi whakakarukaru (to stare angrily) · mi koira (to stare angrily) · fi mulkoilla (to stare angrily) · ru светиться (to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light) · cs planout (to shine brightly) · mi hīnana (to stare angrily) · bg гледам втренчено (to stare angrily) · fi paahtaa (of sun esp.) (to shine brightly) · ru сиять (to shine brightly)